IBM won a tactical victory Friday in a legal battle with SCO Group when a judge ordered SCO to show within 30 days the Linux software to which it believes it has rights and to point out where it believes IBM is infringing.

This is the big question that remains after yesterday. Why wasn't Boies there, why did they let Darl's brother present SCO's argument in front of the judge? According to witnesses, Kevin McBride did a pitiful job, making a confused and overlong speech.

Why didn't Boies feel that this wasn't important enough for him to attend?